Showing posts with label fine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fine. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Truth in pricing...

This and this sort of thing really piss me off. If a government agency doesn't bill you correctly or makes a clerical error in processing, it's their own damn fault. You should not be responsible for their mistake unless the mistake was clearly obvious on its face (for example, being charged $400 total for tuition when you should have been $4,000).

There's a law on the books in most (if not all) states that if they charge you a higher price at the checkout than what's posted they have to refund the difference, plus sometimes an extra percentage as a penalty. The same goes for you, government. You quote me a fine, or a fee, or something like that, that's the price I'm going to pay.